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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1895
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1896
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Table No. 7.—(continued).
| REGISTRATION DISTRICTS. | Enumerated POPULATION, 1891. | Total Births in 52 Weeks. | Total Deaths in 52 Weeks. | The Deaths registered in the 52 Weeks include | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||
| Infants under 1 Year of Age. | Persons aged 60 years and upwards. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Cholera. | Violence. | |||||||
| Central Districts. 11. St. Giles | 39782 | 1120 | 715 | 167 | 208 | ... | 12 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | 27 | ... | 27 | 62 | 190 | 1 |
| 12. Strand | 27516 | 491 | 913 | 137 | 200 | ... | 7 | 1 | 23 | 8 | ... | 21 | ... | 12 | ... | 67 | 110 | 570 | 4 |
| 13. Holborn | 141920 | 4808 | 2817 | 910 | 453 | ... | 239 | 10 | 46 | 63 | 1 | 12 | ... | 133 | 4 | 122 | 296 | 462 | 13 |
| 14. London City | 38320 | 553 | 1132 | 141 | 232 | ... | 16 | 1 | 33 | 8 | ... | 20 | ... | 18 | 1 | 115 | 176 | 697 | 10 |
| East Districts. 15. Shoreditch | 124009 | 4352 | 2954 | 887 | 714 | ... | 106 | 15 | 44 | 82 | ... | 11 | ... | 153 | 1 | 94 | 282 | 813 | 2 |
| 16. Bethnal Green | 129132 | 4771 | 2564 | 740 | 564 | ... | 112 | 13 | 58 | 34 | ... | 11 | ... | 137 | 4 | 92 | 297 | 628 | ... |
| 17. Whitechapel | 74462 | 3130 | 2542 | 548 | 397 | 1 | 90 | 6 | 94 | 20 | ... | 38 | ... | 58 | 2 | 206 | 410 | 1497 | ... |
| 18. St. Geo.-in-the-East | 45795 | 1972 | 1091 | 346 | 207 | ... | 85 | 5 | 19 | 20 | ... | 4 | ... | 54 | ... | 40 | 146 | 281 | 1 |
| 19. Stepney | 57376 | 2035 | 1350 | 473 | 166 | ... | 80 | 3 | 32 | 42 | ... | 7 | ... | 66 | ... | 74 | 212 | 259 | 1 |
| 20. Mile End Old Town | 107592 | 4204 | 2185 | 641 | 605 | ... | 105 | 14 | 62 | 40 | ... | 7 | ... | 112 | 3 | 62 | 228 | 389 | 1 |
| 21. Poplar | 166748 | 6071 | 3929 | 1111 | 896 | ... | 222 | 20 | 100 | 81 | ... | 21 | ... | 150 | 6 | 195 | 578 | 960 | 1 |
| South Districts. 22. St. Saviour, Southwark | 202693 | 7252 | 3971 | 1401 | 665 | ... | 192 | 7 | 46 | 127 | ... | 14 | 1 | 196 | 5 | 121 | 301 | 298 | 79 |
| 23. St. Olave, Southwark | 136660 | 4944 | 3226 | 818 | 647 | 3 | 134 | 9 | 38 | 35 | ... | 15 | ... | 131 | ... | 201 | 329 | 963 | 87 |
| 24. Lambeth | 275203 | 9341 | 5857 | 1470 | 1503 | ... | 153 | 91 | 197 | 131 | ... | 42 | 2 | 267 | 13 | 234 | 421 | 1511 | 95 |
| 25. Wandsworth | 307500 | 9985 | 5382 | 1510 | 1444 | ... | 129 | 74 | 206 | 74 | 1 | 32 | ... | 245 | 12 | 176 | 373 | 754 | 34 |
| 26. Camberwell | 235344 | 7528 | 4921 | 1250 | 1369 | ... | 112 | 16 | 99 | 71 | ... | 26 | ... | 206 | 5 | 121 | 254 | 1235 | 65 |
| 27. Greenwich including Deptford | 165413 | 5475 | 3369 | 814 | 838 | ... | 50 | 79 | 223 | 55 | ... | 58 | ... | 118 | 4 | 113 | 163 | 882 | 87 |
| 28. Lewisham | 94335 | 2476 | 1449 | 346 | 523 | ... | 26 | 4 | 14 | 36 | ... | 10 | ... | 65 | ... | 43 | 59 | 215 | 37 |
| 29. Woolwich | 107324 | 3595 | 1783 | 494 | 457 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 34 | 9 | ... | 19 | ... | 78 | ... | 77 | 115 | 255 | 65 |
| Metropolitan Hospitals and Asylums outside Registra-tion London. | ... | ... | 1635 | 17 | 515 | 47 | 5 | 105 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | 4 | 10 | 1635 | ... |